Operating under the name SAL&CO/Maverick, the 36-year-old, who emigrated from Lebanon to Canada at age 15, will maintain his Los Angeles and Toronto-based staff and bring with him a roster that includes The Weeknd (co-managed by Amir “Cash” Esmailian), Belly, French Montana, NAV and Massari, as well as producer-songwriters DaHeala, Dannyboy,Ben Billions and Breyan Isaac.

The advantage to joining forces, says Roberson, is “the natural synergy between all the partners — it’s a true dynamic of like-minded individuals that have a common goal: to make one plus one equal eight.” (Maverick’s team also includes managers Adam Leber, Caron Veazey, Clarence Spalding, Scott Rodger and J Erving; Recently, Greg Thompson arrived from Capitol Music Group taking on the title of president, Maverick Music.) Or, as Sal describes it, Maverick is like music’s “X-Men, where each -person has a certain power. … We’ll be using each other in the best way possible.”